New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-11
REVOLT OF THE PEERS.
wur land BILL TOO MILD FUN AHH'A'
~,,r.rrxrp AMENDMENTS TO THE MEAsoHh-
) srp,yr INSTEAD OF PEACE CONFRONTING IKE
,,Nn- THE GOVERNMENTS PREDiC-
AuENT- BYE ELECTIONS
Try CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl

AMFNT BYE ELECiioNo'
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c.nv,,oht, 1897 The Nese. York Tribune
ro>,nov Aup lO-Ihe question Of the momen'
ts not whether the Government are going oo Pio'
claim the National League, but what tie Noiu' M
.ro Going IN do with the Land Dill to-lnorro"
evening when they get it into their MINUS as",n -,
They are said TO be about TO amend III. 1hc oii'
cannot hear amendment, as the Lords mean A., -
and if the amendments which they are creoi.cu
with being about to move are passed. the sl,u""O ~
which has been created by the transformer o'n
up to this will be completely upset Inc ono eoo1
thing in the bill is the provision ior " 20
iudicia, rents The Lords 1t is sald' li'cnu ~ ~
80, ,bat nrovison that it shall only apply "
.o,onts ,ybo will be able 10 pay the reduceo rem
nm the spot: that is to say ura' 20
IL have ready money in their pockets arc "
cot the benefit of the bill ami thao 'enan" w
are hard up are TO get 10 benehe i,on " ,;at
Il is the tenants who hard up VINO heeu 80 ~
most and if the bill is not to dement, 'neNh "A
is the good of tT xa.,o,+ az.
There is a further permclous alicnui'
o,edited TO the Lords, one reVlVihe uN0 ~
aopccrous principle of the dlscardeo oahNi upo'
olauscs but it would be confusing Uo uni"Nei
,echnicalitics Sufficient TO say that IL uieso O.,
.ouot;ors be made in the bill 1t Will DC
- shoul1 reject it altogether, if that were
,oss;b,o for it already contains ueacherous
i,onso which will render eviction cheap anu
..aos,.snd if the bill is to go amongst lhe
1sisI tenants with that clause active ana all i's
,anoGciol nrovisions spiked it will be an engine
Of hostility hardly less truculent thah '"0
cion Act itself. .,, .ho no;nt
p1o situation which seems thus upon inc punt
- ho;no created will be more serious than any
,bicb followed from the action OF the Lofds si'0e
.to roiection Of The Compensation for DISTURBANCE
hiu in 1874 1t will mean that the irish Uh"h'S
iu no thrown once more upon their own lo.
ourcos. that the Plan of Campaign must SUD
remain their only protection; that u olt'er ." e
cle between the landlords and Coercion on 'n0
one hand and the organized people Oh V"e ~"'
must take place almost as soon as iai''in' ~
rises and that the autumn and the "ihVei mus
be q season of strife in Ireland lnsteau vi 'no
period of peace of which 1t was hopeo 'iio i'nO
bi, would be the herald. All othef pol''i0a'
,o,,os sink into temporary inslgnihcance uhui'
this issue shall be definitely cleared up All ,he
tall, about coalition will remain Idle specu'"Uo"
NTH the Government have made up their minds
what they are going TO do in lreland' anu un'i'
the Northwich election enhghtens theih hore
nositiyely than all the previous bye elecuohs
have done as TO the true trend of public opinion
in England.
Lord Salisburys speech at the Oulldhah 10
night gives no light or leading 10 anynouy' l.
is simply an evidence OF the aoJect cono'tlon u,
;naocision in which the Government rests. Should
the Lords tomorrow evening maItreat 'he Aahu
hin the force of circumstances will put an end
10 this indecison even before the result oi 'ne
Northwich polling is known
h.-f fIo oxraC fiOlt
and the result of the battle will remain doubtful
until the last moment. Another bye election VIII
follow fast upon its heels-one in the division o.
North Hunts, whose member succeeds to the fcer-
age on the death of his father, Lord DE Ramsey
+. p. Gill, NJ. l..